#E9E54A#E9E54A

#E9E54A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.169 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E54A
RGB	rgb(233, 229, 74)
HSL	hsl(58, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 68.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.86, -16.33, 72.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.86, 74.03, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(89.83% -0.052 0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(89.83% 0.169 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.8619, 73.8587, 17.4221)
Luminance	0.7386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E54A #4A4EE9

analogous

#E9964A #E9E54A #9DE94A

triadic

#E9E54A #4AE9E5 #E54AE9

tetradic

#E9E54A #4AE996 #4A4EE9 #E94A9D

square

#E9E54A #4AE996 #4A4EE9 #E94A9D

split-complementary

#E9E54A #4A9DE9 #964AE9

monochromatic

#A5A114 #DBD61B #E9E54A #F0ED81 #F6F5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E9E54A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#E9E54A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E54A

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E54A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E54A	1.00	1.33	15.77	15.77
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e54a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 229, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.169 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ec85',
    500: '#e9e54a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e54a;
$custom-light: #f4ec85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e54a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.491,
    "s": 78.325,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89831,
    "c": 0.16915,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E54A

secondary

#3134A7

accent

#10DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E54A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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